Pathfinders Podcast

About Pathfinders Podcast

In this podcast, we dive into the personal stories of remarkable individuals who have blazed trails through uncharted territories. Our guests share the raw, unfiltered narratives of their travels to success. But it's not just about the destination—it's about the resilience, the setbacks, the unexpected turns, and the moments of real human emotion along the way. Join us as we explore these inspiring stories, Pathfinders is here to remind you that every journey, no matter how daunting, begins with a single step. Tune in and let's find our paths together. Pathfinders with Vijayan Swaminathan!

Publisher

Vijayan Swaminathan

Category

business · leisure · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Apr 2024

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   Why Helping Others Changes Everything | Robert Helm | Chrysalis | EP 48 | Pathfinders Podcast

   Robert Helm is an experienced manufacturing and operations leader whose career spans manufacturing, transportation, logistics, and business development. From starting as a welder to serving in Director-level roles, Robert has spent decades improving operations, leading teams, and creating environments where people can succeed. Today, he serves as Director of Business Development at Chrysalis: An Alberta Society for Citizens with Disabilities, bringing his private-sector experience into the nonprofit and social enterprise world. In this episode, Robert shares lessons from his journey through manufacturing and leadership, exploring continuous learning, embracing change, empowering people, technology and automation, vulnerability, and finding purpose through helping others. It’s a conversation about leadership, people, perspective, and what it takes to keep growing—both professionally and personally. Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH3k57hd5xs FOLLOW ROBERT HELM Website: https://chrysalis.ca/ (https://chrysalis.ca/) Connect & Follow LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-helm/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-helm/) Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/robert_helm/ (https://www.instagram.com/robert_helm/) PATHFINDERS EXCLUSIVE Get 10% OFF your first 6 months across eligible XaddWell services below. →Build your next product or service end-to-end → https://xaddwell.com/products (https://xaddwell.com/products) →Get a stunning, high-quality website that makes your brand stand out → https://xaddwell.com/websites (https://xaddwell.com/websites) →Get an AI concierge that handles leads and books meetings 24/7 → https://xaddwell.com/products (https://xaddwell.com/products) →Join the Trusted Partner Program and scale across regions, industries, and new frontiers → https://xaddwell.com/partner (https://xaddwell.com/partner) →Go from idea to working software fast → https://xaddwell.com/mvp-development (https://xaddwell.com/mvp-development) →Build a customized AI recruiting engine — book a free strategy call → https://calendly.com/vijay-xaddwell/connect (https://calendly.com/vijay-xaddwell/connect) | Learn more → https://recruitt.ai (https://recruitt.ai/) PATHFINDERS → Become a Proud Sponsor: https://pathfinders.fm/ (https://pathfinders.fm/) Watch & Listen YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@PathfindersHQ (https://www.youtube.com/@PathfindersHQ) Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pathfinders-podcast/id1826462124 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pathfinders-podcast/id1826462124) Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/5GGJGFyPST8HG22zNsnDRP (https://open.spotify.com/show/5GGJGFyPST8HG22zNsnDRP) Podcast Playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwY8fVnJs7rGvyvVrMT_E-TaGkUwrqCt8 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwY8fVnJs7rGvyvVrMT_E-TaGkUwrqCt8) Connect & Follow LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pathfinders-podcast/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pathfinders-podcast/) Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pathfinders_hq (https://www.instagram.com/pathfinders_hq) Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/pathfindershq1 (https://www.facebook.com/pathfindershq1) X → https://x.com/pathfinders_hq (https://x.com/pathfinders_hq) 📕 Subscribe for FREE to Pathfinders Outlook here → https://outlook.pathfinders.fm/ All Pathfinders Links https://linktr.ee/pathfindershq (https://linktr.ee/pathfindershq) FOLLOW VIJAYAN SWAMINATHAN Website: https://xaddwell.com/ (https://xaddwell.com/) Website: https://pathfinders.fm/ (https://pathfinders.fm/) Connect & Follow LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayanswaminathan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayanswaminathan/) X → https://x.com/vijswam (https://x.com/vijswam) His Writing on Pathfinders Outlook → https://outlook.pathfinders.fm/ (https://outlook.pathfinders.fm/) Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/vijswam/ (https://www.instagram.com/vijswam/) Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/vijswam (https://www.facebook.com/vijswam) All Vijayan’s Links https://linktr.ee/vijswam (https://linktr.ee/vijswam) OUR SPONSOR — ADAPTECH GROUP A big thank you to Adaptech Group for supporting Pathfinders. Build with clarity before you code. Adaptech Group helps teams create a shared blueprint of their product, reduce risk, and align everyone before a single line of code is written. Using Event Modeling, teams can turn even complex systems into clear visual timelines—simplifying software design, information flows, business rules, security, automation, and more. Ideal for R&D, software MVPs, early prototypes, security, information management, automation, and complex business systems. Learn More Adaptech Group → https://adaptechgroup.com (https://adaptechgroup.com/) Event Modeling → https://eventmodeling.org/ (https://eventmodeling.org/) Follow Adaptech Group LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptechgroup/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptechgroup/) X → https://x.com/adaptechgroup (https://x.com/adaptechgroup) Connect with Adam Dymitruk LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/eventmodeling/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eventmodeling/) X → https://x.com/adymitruk (https://x.com/adymitruk) #adaptechgroup #eventmodeling #adamdymitruk Mentioned in this episode: Adaptech PR Ad AdaptechGroup (https://podcast.pathfinders.fm/adaptechgroup-com) MR Ad2 AdaptechGroup (https://podcast.pathfinders.fm/adaptechgroup-com)

2. 

   19 Sept 2026

   Canada + EU: Is Globalization Being Rewired? | EP 47 | Pathfinders Podcast

   In this Pathfinders Outlook episode, we explore The Great Deconcentration: a world where countries may increasingly build relationships across multiple centers of economic power rather than simply choose one bloc. From trade and technology to capital, critical minerals, energy and the everyday friction businesses face, this is a deeper look at a global economy quietly being rewired. Canada is drawing closer to Europe while remaining deeply connected to the United States. India, China, BRICS and the Global South are building overlapping relationships of their own. What if globalization is not ending, but changing shape? CANADA, EU AND THE GREAT DECONCENTRATION Continue Listening and Read the full article here: https://vjs1.substack.com/p/canada-eu-and-the-great-deconcentration (https://vjs1.substack.com/p/canada-eu-and-the-great-deconcentration) Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1NAkteivr4 #Canada #EuropeanUnion #CanadaEU #TheGreatDeconcentration #Globalization #Geopolitics #GlobalEconomy #InternationalTrade #EconomicDiversification #Trade #CETA #EconomicSovereignty #MultipolarWorld #GlobalTrade #India #China #BRICS #GlobalSouth #CriticalMinerals #EnergySecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #AdvancedManufacturing #SupplyChains #EconomicIntegration #FutureOfGlobalization #Leadership #Pathfinders #PathfindersOutlook FOLLOW VIJAYAN SWAMINATHAN Website: https://xaddwell.com/ (https://xaddwell.com/) Connect & Follow LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayanswaminathan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayanswaminathan/) X → https://x.com/vijswam (https://x.com/vijswam) Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/vijswam/ (https://www.instagram.com/vijswam/) Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/vijswam (https://www.facebook.com/vijswam) All Vijayan’s Links https://linktr.ee/vijswam (https://linktr.ee/vijswam) PATHFINDERS EXCLUSIVE Get 10% OFF your first 6 months across eligible XaddWell services below. Build your next product or service end-to-end → https://xaddwell.com/products (https://xaddwell.com/products) Get a stunning, high-quality website that makes your brand stand out → https://xaddwell.com/websites (https://xaddwell.com/websites) Get an AI concierge that handles leads and books meetings 24/7 → https://xaddwell.com/products (https://xaddwell.com/products) Join the Trusted Partner Program and scale across regions, industries, and new frontiers → https://xaddwell.com/partner (https://xaddwell.com/partner) Go from idea to working software fast → https://xaddwell.com/mvp-development (https://xaddwell.com/mvp-development) Build a customized AI recruiting engine — book a free strategy call → https://calendly.com/vijay-xaddwell/connect (https://calendly.com/vijay-xaddwell/connect) | Learn more → https://recruitt.ai (https://recruitt.ai/) PATHFINDERS Join the Pathfinders Community: https://xaddwell.com/pathfinders (https://xaddwell.com/pathfinders) Watch & Listen YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@PathfindersHQ (https://www.youtube.com/@PathfindersHQ) Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pathfinders-podcast/id1826462124 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pathfinders-podcast/id1826462124) Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/5GGJGFyPST8HG22zNsnDRP (https://open.spotify.com/show/5GGJGFyPST8HG22zNsnDRP) Podcast Playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwY8fVnJs7rGvyvVrMT_E-TaGkUwrqCt8 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwY8fVnJs7rGvyvVrMT_E-TaGkUwrqCt8) Connect & Follow LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pathfinders-podcast/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pathfinders-podcast/) Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pathfinders_hq (https://www.instagram.com/pathfinders_hq) Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/pathfindershq1 (https://www.facebook.com/pathfindershq1) X → https://x.com/pathfinders_hq (https://x.com/pathfinders_hq) All Pathfinders Links https://linktr.ee/pathfindershq (https://linktr.ee/pathfindershq) OUR SPONSOR — ADAPTECH GROUP A big thank you to Adaptech Group for supporting Pathfinders. Build with clarity before you code. Adaptech Group helps teams create a shared blueprint of their product, reduce risk, and align everyone before a single line of code is written. Using Event Modeling, teams can turn even complex systems into clear visual timelines—simplifying software design, information flows, business rules, security, automation, and more. Ideal for R&D, software MVPs, early prototypes, security, information management, automation, and complex business systems. Learn More Adaptech Group → https://adaptechgroup.com (https://adaptechgroup.com/) Event Modeling → https://eventmodeling.org/ (https://eventmodeling.org/) Follow Adaptech Group LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptechgroup/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptechgroup/) X → https://x.com/adaptechgroup (https://x.com/adaptechgroup) Connect with Adam Dymitruk LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/eventmodeling/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eventmodeling/) X → https://x.com/adymitruk (https://x.com/adymitruk) #adaptechgroup #eventmodeling #adamdymitruk Mentioned in this episode: MR Ad2 AdaptechGroup (https://podcast.pathfinders.fm/adaptechgroup-com) Adaptech PR Ad AdaptechGroup (https://podcast.pathfinders.fm/adaptechgroup-com)

3. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Sekar Vembu: Who Decides How We Live? Freedom, Money, Power and Human Nature | EP 46 | Pathfinders Podcast

   Sekar Vembu is the Founder and CEO of Vembu Technologies, a Chennai based software company building enterprise backup, data protection, and cyber resilience solutions for businesses around the world. An IIT Madras alumnus, he has spent more than three decades building globally competitive software products from India. Earlier in his journey, he was also a cofounder of what eventually became Zoho Corporation. Beyond technology and entrepreneurship, Sekar is an independent thinker on money, markets, freedom, power, decentralization, and human behavior. His worldview places strong emphasis on individual agency, free markets, smaller communities, voluntary cooperation, and the importance of questioning systems and assumptions rather than simply inheriting them. What makes Sekar especially distinctive is the path he has chosen in an era of founder celebrity. He has largely stayed away from the spotlight, choosing instead to build quietly, think deeply, question convention, and let ideas speak louder than personality. #SekarVembu #VembuTechnologies #pathfinderspodcast #vijayanswaminathan #xaddwell #Freedom #Money #Power #HumanNature #Decentralization #FreeMarkets #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #IndependentThinking #FirstPrinciples #Liberty #Technology #IndianEntrepreneurs #FounderMindset #HumanBehavior #SoundMoney #IITMadras FOLLOW SEKAR VEMBU Website: https://www.bdrshield.com/ (https://www.bdrshield.com/) Connect & Follow X → https://x.com/sekar_vembu (https://twitter.com/gordonsheppard1) PATHFINDERS EXCLUSIVE Get 10% OFF your first 6 months across eligible XaddWell services below. →Build your next product or service end-to-end → https://xaddwell.com/products (https://xaddwell.com/products) →Get a stunning, high-quality website that makes your brand stand out → https://xaddwell.com/websites (https://xaddwell.com/websites) →Get an AI concierge that handles leads and books meetings 24/7 → https://xaddwell.com/products (https://xaddwell.com/products) →Join the Trusted Partner Program and scale across regions, industries, and new frontiers → https://xaddwell.com/partner (https://xaddwell.com/partner) →Go from idea to working software fast → https://xaddwell.com/mvp-development (https://xaddwell.com/mvp-development) →Build a customized AI recruiting engine — book a free strategy call → https://calendly.com/vijay-xaddwell/connect (https://calendly.com/vijay-xaddwell/connect) | Learn more → https://recruitt.ai (https://recruitt.ai/) PATHFINDERS Become a Proud Sponsor: https://xaddwell.com/pathfinders (https://xaddwell.com/pathfinders) Watch & Listen YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@PathfindersHQ (https://www.youtube.com/@PathfindersHQ) Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pathfinders-podcast/id1826462124 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pathfinders-podcast/id1826462124) Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/5GGJGFyPST8HG22zNsnDRP (https://open.spotify.com/show/5GGJGFyPST8HG22zNsnDRP) Podcast Playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwY8fVnJs7rGvyvVrMT_E-TaGkUwrqCt8 (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwY8fVnJs7rGvyvVrMT_E-TaGkUwrqCt8) Connect & Follow LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pathfinders-podcast/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pathfinders-podcast/) Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/pathfinders_hq (https://www.instagram.com/pathfinders_hq) Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/pathfindershq1 (https://www.facebook.com/pathfindershq1) X → https://x.com/pathfinders_hq (https://x.com/pathfinders_hq) Substack → https://vjs1.substack.com/ (https://vjs1.substack.com/) All Pathfinders Links https://linktr.ee/pathfindershq (https://linktr.ee/pathfindershq) FOLLOW VIJAYAN SWAMINATHAN Website: https://xaddwell.com/ (https://xaddwell.com/) Connect & Follow LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayanswaminathan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayanswaminathan/) X → https://x.com/vijswam (https://x.com/vijswam) Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/vijswam/ (https://www.instagram.com/vijswam/) Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/vijswam (https://www.facebook.com/vijswam) All Vijayan’s Links https://linktr.ee/vijswam (https://linktr.ee/vijswam) OUR SPONSOR — ADAPTECH GROUP A big thank you to Adaptech Group for supporting Pathfinders. Build with clarity before you code. Adaptech Group helps teams create a shared blueprint of their product, reduce risk, and align everyone before a single line of code is written. Using Event Modeling, teams can turn even complex systems into clear visual timelines—simplifying software design, information flows, business rules, security, automation, and more. Ideal for R&D, software MVPs, early prototypes, security, information management, automation, and complex business systems. Learn More Adaptech Group → https://adaptechgroup.com (https://adaptechgroup.com/) Event Modeling → https://eventmodeling.org/ (https://eventmodeling.org/) Follow Adaptech Group LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptechgroup/ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptechgroup/) X → https://x.com/adaptechgroup (https://x.com/adaptechgroup) Connect with Adam Dymitruk LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/eventmodeling/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/eventmodeling/) X → https://x.com/adymitruk (https://x.com/adymitruk) #adaptechgroup #eventmodeling #adamdymitruk Mentioned in this episode: Adaptech PR Ad AdaptechGroup (https://podcast.pathfinders.fm/adaptechgroup-com) MR Ad2 AdaptechGroup (https://podcast.pathfinders.fm/adaptechgroup-com)

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4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

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0

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72

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32

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